The Humboldt school board’s decision to stick with a five-day school week gives the county’s other districts a little more breathing room on the matter. In Iola’s USD 257, Superintendent Stacey Fager said “it hasn’t…

The discovery of a body in southern Allen County may have resolved the 5½-year mystery of a missing Iola man. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Allen County Sheriff’s Office are conducting an…

That state legislators are dictating whether individual cities can levy a sales tax is really sticking in Cole Herder’s craw.   “It’s almost more important to me philosophically, than what the actual difference may mean,”…

HUMBOLDT — School board members in USD 258 are expected to decide on Monday whether to change to a four-day school week. The district released survey results that show a majority of parents, students and…

Humboldt High School’s FFA chapter took home some lofty hardware recently at the Kansas Beef Expo in Hutchinson. Humboldt placed first in the non-reasons division, against more than 275 other contestants. Individually, Trey Sommer took…

HUMBOLDT — School board members are expected to decide by April whether they will institute a four-day school week for Humboldt-USD 258. A committee looking into pros and cons of a shorter school week will…

HUMBOLDT — Mayor Nobby Davis did not share the enthusiasm of fellow council members Monday night in their full embrace of permitting Austin Honaker of Red Beard BBQ to station his food truck on the…

Humboldt Elementary School students got into the act Thursday of celebrating their 100th day of classes for the 2022-23 school year by receiving luggage tags from Allen Community College. Allen is celebrating its centennial this…

HUMBOLDT — Residents of the county’s second-largest city also have noticed higher utility bills, even though the city handles its utilities a little differently than Iola, Cole Herder, Humboldt’s city administrator, said. The city charges…

Humboldt and Marmaton Valley high schools celebrated their respective winter homecomings Friday. Humboldt’s Brennen Nuessen and Morgan Hunter were crowned king and queen during their festivities. Marmaton Valley’s Jeff Spillman and Madi Lawson took the…